Smith, Daniel, Northstone, Kate, Bowring, Claire, Wells, Nicholas, Crawford, Michael, Pearson, Rebecca 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8527-3400, Thomas, Amy, Brooks-Pollock, Ellen, Lawlor, Deborah A and Timpson, Nicholas J
(2021)
The Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children - A resource for COVID-19 research: Generation 2 questionnaire data capture May-July 2020.
Wellcome Open Research, 5 (278).
pp. 1-25.
ISSN 2398-502X
Abstract
The Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) is a prospective population-based cohort study which recruited pregnant women in 1990-1992 from the Bristol area (UK). ALSPAC has followed these women, their partners (Generation 0; G0) and their offspring (Generation 1; G1) ever since. From 2012, ALSPAC has identified G1 participants who were pregnant (or their partner was) or had become parents, and enrolled them, their partners, and children in the ALSPAC-Generation 2 (ALSPAC-G2) study, providing a unique multigenerational cohort. At present, approximately 1,100 G2 children (excluding those in utero) from 810 G1 participants have been enrolled. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, ALSPAC rapidly deployed two online questionnaires; one during the initial lockdown phase in 2020 (9th April-15th May), and another when national lockdown restrictions were eased (26th May-5th July). As part of this second questionnaire, G1 parents completed a questionnaire about each of their G2 children. This covered: parental reports of children’s feelings and behaviour since lockdown, school attendance, contact patterns, and health. A total of 289 G1 participants completed this questionnaire on behalf of 411 G2 children. This COVID-19 G2 questionnaire data can be combined with prepandemic ALSPAC-G2 data, plus ALSPAC-G1 and -G0 data, to understand how children’s health and behaviour has been affected by the pandemic and its management. Data from this questionnaire will be complemented with linkage to health records and results of biological testing as they become available. Prospective studies are necessary to understand the impact of this pandemic on children’s health and development, yet few relevant studies exist; this resource will aid these efforts. Data has been released as: 1) a freely-available dataset containing participant responses with key sociodemographic variables; and 2) an ALSPAC-held dataset which can be combined with existing ALSPAC data, enabling bespoke research across all areas supported by the study.
| Item Type: |
Article
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| Peer-reviewed: |
Yes
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| Date Deposited: |
06 Mar 2023 09:52
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| Publisher: |
F1000Research |
| Additional Information: |
This is an open access article published in Wellcome Open Research by F1000Research. |
| Divisions: |
Faculties > Health and Education |
| Subject terms: |
ALSPAC, COVID-19, Children, Children of the 90s, Contact Patterns, Coronavirus, Cross-generation, Mental Health |
| Data Access Statement: |
Underlying data
ALSPAC data access is through a system of managed open access. The steps below highlight how to apply for access to the data included in this data note and all other ALSPAC data:
1. Please read the ALSPAC access policy, which describes the process of accessing the data and samples in detail, and outlines the costs associated with doing so.
2. You may also find it useful to browse our fully searchable research proposals database, which lists all research projects that have been approved since April 2011.
3. Please submit your research proposal for consideration by the ALSPAC Executive Committee. You will receive a response within 10 working days to advise you whether your proposal has been approved.
Please note that a standard COVID-19 dataset will be made available at no charge (see description below); however, costs for required paperwork and any bespoke datasets required additional variables will apply.
Extended data
Open Science Framework: ALSPAC COVID-19 First and Second Questionnaire, https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/74GBJ39.
This project contains the following extended data:
1. The final questionnaire
2. List of variable names and labels
3. Associated data dictionary including frequencies of all variables that are available
Data are available under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (CC-BY 4.0).
ALSPAC-G2 COVID-19 Questionnaire Data File
Data from the ALSPAC-G2 COVID-19 questionnaire is available in two ways.
1. A freely available standard set of data together with key sociodemographic variables (where available) is available on request (see data availability section). Subject to the relevant paperwork being completed (costs may apply to cover administration) this dataset will be made freely available to any bona fide researcher requesting it. Note that this data has a random ID and cannot be linked to existing ALSPAC data. Variable names will follow the format covid2_g2_xxxx where xxxx is a four-digit number. A full list of variables released is available here: https://osf.io/xwqgv/. Frequencies of variable and details of any coding/editing decisions and derived variables are also available in the data dictionary: https://osf.io/usbnd/.
2. A formal release file has been created for ALSPAC-G2 participants in the usual way and now forms part of the ALSPAC resource, and can be linked to existing G2, G1 and/or G0 data. This dataset (or sections therein) can be requested in the usual way. Variable names will replicate those in 1) above.
Text data and other potentially disclosive information will not be released until they have been coded appropriately. Table 9 describes the data that is withheld at the time of first release. Data will be incorporated back into both file sets as they become available. |
| URI: |
https://e-space.mmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/631543 |
| DOI: |
https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.16414.2 |
| ISSN |
2398-502X |
| e-ISSN |
2398-502X |
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